Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH v2] pkg-mgr-commands: Add --build and --target to econf (retroactively)

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, Ulrich Mueller wrote:

>>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
>> +\subsection{-{}-build and -{}-target econf parameters}
>> +The \t{econf} command (see section~\ref{sec:build-commands}) has been amended to include two
>> +additional configure options: --build and --target.  Originally those options were not included
>> +in the PMS, even though Portage has been passing them before 2005 already; they are also passed
>> +by Paludis and pkgcore.

> This is a bit redundant: If it has been amended then it is clear
> that it wasn't present before. I'd just start the second sentence
> with: "Portage has been passing both options ..."

Thinking about it, the section in the appendix lists only retroactive
changes that went through council approval (and says so in its
introductory paragraph). The present patch isn't a retroactive change
though, it merely updates the spec to agree with behaviour of all
three package managers in EAPI 0.

Ulrich